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11 May 2007

Global M&A Adds Five New Partners

Dusseldorf, 11 May 2007 – Global M&A, the world’s leading partnership of independent investment banking firms, today announced the addition of partners from Argentina, Estonia, Israel, Latvia and Saudi Arabia.

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26 April 2007

Global Mid Market M&A Activity to Rise, According to Study

LONDON, 26 APRIL 2007 – Expectations are bullish for upcoming cross-border middle market M&A deals among both private equity and corporate executives, despite a slight downturn in deals completed in 2007’s first quarter, according to

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29 March 2007

Global M&A Adds New Partner

Dusseldorf, Germany and Kyiv, Ukraine (29 March, 2007) - IFG Sokrat of Kyiv is the newest partner to join Global M&A, the world’s leading partnership of independent M&A advisory firms.

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29 March 2007

Global M&A Announces a Changing of the Guard

Dusseldorf, London, Madrid (29 March, 2007) - Global M&A, the world’s leading partnership of independent middle market investment banking firms, has announced that its UK and Spanish members, Livingstone Guarantee (LG) and NC Finanzas Corporativas

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26 January 2007

Pablo Rión y Asociados 6th Bimestrial Newsletter about M&A Activity in Mexico for 2006

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24 January 2007

Sponsors Lend Weight to Forthcoming Global M&A Conference

London, 24 January 2006 - More than a dozen organisations from around the world are to sponsor the 4th Annual Global M&A Conference to be held in London in April 2007. The Conference brings together senior executives,

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01 December 2006

Leading Global Mid-Market M&A Conference Comes to London

London, 1 December 2006 - More than 300 delegates from across the world are expected to attend a conference in London focusing on the challenges of closing cross-border mid-market deals.

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26 November 2006

Pablo Rión y Asociados 5th Bimestrial Newsletter about M&A Activity in Mexico for 2006

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06 November 2006

Global M&A Conference to be Refereed by Sporting Legend

London, 6 November 2006 - The 4th Annual Global M&A Conference to be held in London in April 2007 is delighted to have secured the services of Pierluigi Collina, the world’s best known football referee.

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13 October 2006

Global Mid Market M&A Activity at Peak, According to Study

Istanbul, 13 October 2006 - With company valuations static and investor confidence divided, mid-market M&A activity may have reached a peak according to a new survey of leading private equity investors and senior corporate executives across

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13 October 2006

Global M&A Launches Research Centre

Dusseldorf, Valencia, 13 October 2006 - Global M&A, the world's leading partnership of independent middle market investment banking firms, has made a further significant investment in its cross-border service offering.

The partnership today announced

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26 July 2006

Pablo Rión y Asociados 3rd Bimestrial Newsletter about M&A Activity in Mexico for 2006

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25 May 2006

Pablo Rión y Asociados 2nd Bimestrial Newsletter about M&A Activity in Mexico for 2006

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19 May 2006

Global Media Notes Global M&A's Expanded Partnership

The London Daily Telegraph notes Global M&A's partnership growth.

16 May 2006

Global M&A Adds Three New Partners

Global M&A, the world’s leading partnership of independent investment banking firms, today announced the addition of partners from Costa Rica, Iceland and Perú, bringing the total number of firms in the partnership to 31.

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08 May 2006

Mid Market Sentiment Study

Read about the latest findings as a result of the Mid Market Sentiment Survey conducted by Mergermarket in conjunction with Global M&A.

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27 April 2006

Livingstone Guarantee Named Boutique of the Year

Second industry award for Global M&A in 6 months.

10 March 2006

Brown Gibbons Lang adds key ingredient to Food & Beverage investment banking group

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), announced the enhancement of its Food & Beverage Group with the addition of H. Glen Clarke as managing director and head of the group.

03 March 2006

Summary of Mergers and Acquisitions in Mexico Throughout 2005

Pablo Rión y Asociados summarises M&A activity in Mexico during 2005

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01 February 2006

Baring Private Equity Partners acquire majority stake in Gematec and Cotsina

An article published in Unquote Southern Europe on the acquisition of Gematec and Cotinsa by Baring Private Equity Partners. NC Finanzas Corporativas initiated the transaction and advised

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22 December 2005

FDC advises General Cable on Acquisition of Sagem Communication’s cables business

General Cable Corporation (GCC – NYSE:BGC), a leading

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08 December 2005

Global M&A's 2005 M&A Advisory Wins for International/Cross-Border Deal of the Year

Global M&A Wins for Investment Banking Firm of the Year

December 8, 2005 | New York City, NY - Global M&A, the world’s most active partnership of independent investment banking firms, is proud to

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07 October 2005

Global M&A extends its reach into Canada and Austria

Global M&A, one of the world’s most active partnerships of independent investment banking firms, welcomed Synergis Capital Inc., from Canada, and CD Invest, from Austria, to the partnership at its bi-annual conference in Valencia, Spain.

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12 September 2005

Management Buyout Completed for Katren, One of Russia's Largest Pharmaceutical Distributors

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) represented by Berkeley Capital Partners has sold its 31.4% stake in Novosibirsk-based Katren to its management team. Katren is one of the largest and fastest growing pharmaceutical

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08 September 2005

Global M&A partners, BGL and LG Advise Castle Harlan on Acquisition of Polypipe UK

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), together with its UK Global M&A partner, Livingstone Guarantee (LG), announced today that Castle Harlan Partners IV L.P., a $1.2 billion private equity fund managed by Castle Harlan, Inc.,

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29 August 2005

Global M&A Cross-Border Review 2005

Global M&A's Cross Border Review 2005 confirms that activity levels in mid-market M&A, have significantly improved.

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12 August 2005

PPM Acquires Jost Group

InterFinanz advises Jost Group, a German-based manufacturer of components for commercial vehicles, on acquisition by PPM Capital.

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28 July 2005

IntraLinks Enters into Strategic Alliance with Global M&A GmbH

New York, New York, July 28, 2005 – IntraLinks, Inc., a leading provider of virtual data rooms to the financial services industry, today announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Global M&A

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20 July 2005

Business Money International: "Global reach: raising funds for cross-border M&As"

Jeremy Furniss of UK partner Livingstone Guarantee discusses how Global M&A can help deliver debt solutions on multi-jurisdictional cross-border transactions.

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11 July 2005

Solveigh Corporate Development Newsletter - Summer 2005

06 July 2005

Riverside europe enters the oil and gas intervention

The Riverside Company, the largest private equity firm specializing in acquisitions at the smaller end of the middle market, has closed another acquisition in Europe. Riverside has acquired Danish manufacturer Welltec, a leading-edge provider of

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13 May 2005

Financier Worldwide M&A Supplement - May 05

Sponsored by UK partner, Livingstone Guarantee and US partner, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company.

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28 April 2005

Dawn of a New Era

Ex Global M&A Chairman Carlo Montenovesi hands the baton over to New Chairman, Michael Gibbons of US partner, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company.

The 2nd Annual Global M&A Conference which took place in the

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17 April 2005

Mid-Market Sentiment Study - 2005

Read about the latest findings as a result of the Mid-Market Sentiment Survey conducted by Mergermarket in conjunction with Global M&A.

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07 April 2005

CSM Sells Swedish Subsidiary Through Global M&A Partners

CSM has sold its BakeMark Sweden subsidiary to Accent Equity Partners through the assistance of Global M&A partners Solveigh Corporate Development, the Netherlands and Arctos Mergers & Acquisitions, Sweden. Accent will take over all the

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24 February 2005

Solveigh Corporate Development Newsletter - Spring 2005

Solveigh Corporate Development, the exclusive Dutch member of Global M&A, is delighted to introduce the first edition of its corporate newsletter.

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12 January 2005

Summary of Mergers and Acquisitions in Mexico Throughout 2004

Pablo Rion y Asociados Summarises M&A Activity in Mexico during 2004

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08 January 2005

Acquisitions Monthly - Mid-Market Report

Global M&A was included in Acquisitions Monthly's Mid-Market Report. Featured members include, NC Finanzas Corporativas, Financiere de Courcelles, InterFinanz, Livingstone Guarantee and Brown Gibbons Lang & Co

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15 December 2004

Luminaries Come Out to Honor Recipients of the Third Annual M&A Advisor Awards

A Tradition Takes Hold as “Mackies” Are Presented to Top Deals and Professionals on December 13 in New York CityIn a ceremony worthy to be called the middle market mergers and acquisitions industry’s version of

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14 December 2004

CFM Capital's Newsletter: 'The Dealmaker'

06 December 2004

Study Finds Growing Values for US Middle Market Companies

December 6, 2004 | Chicago, IL, Cleveland, OH - A study released today by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) found that prices paid for middle-market companies appear to be at their highest levels since

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20 October 2004

Livingstone Guarantee Announces Key Promotions

Livingstone Guarantee, one of the UK’s leading M&A boutiques, are delighted to announce that James Lever has been made a partner with effect from 1 October 2004 and Alex Sheffield has been promoted to director.James

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04 October 2004

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company and Livingstone Guarantee Bowl a Strike!

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (“BGL”) and Livingstone Guarantee (“LG”) today announced the completion of the sale of AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc.’s (“AMF”) UK operations to certain shareholders of Bourne Leisure. Bourne is a leading

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29 September 2004

Business Week - India

Interview with Binoy Meghraj of Meghraj Financial Services India Ltd.

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06 August 2004

Corporate Financing Week Reports ...

Brown Gibbons Sees 50% Growth This Year

Middle market investment bank Brown Gibbons Lang & Co expects to close about 30 deals this year, representing approximately 50% growth compared with last year, said David

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05 July 2004

LG hits the track running with German rubber deal

London-based corporate finance boutique Livingstone Guarantee has completed the sale of Melos, a German based supplier of specialist rubber compounds, on behalf of its US owners, PolyOne Corporation.

Melos had 2003 sales of circa

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24 May 2004

Mergermarket: The Middle Market Sentiment Study

Conference sponsor, Mergermarket, presents the results of its survey to gauge the appetite and nature of middle market company activity both in the US and Europe.

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23 May 2004

Cross Border Deal Making for the Private Equity Community

A guide to creating cross-border and domestic deal opportunities as part of a structured programme.

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28 April 2004

Pablo Rion Newsletter, MA's in Mexico 2bi 2004

31 March 2004

Global M&A Presents the 1st International Annual Cross-border Conference

Global M&A, one of the world’s leading network of corporate finance boutiques, will be holding its first annual cross-border conference on 26 to 27 May 2004, at the exclusive Peninsula Hotel in Chicago, USA.

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16 March 2004

Global M&A Brochure

An introduction to the Global M&A organisation, our objectives, our structure and how we can add value to you and your business.

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16 March 2004

Global M&A Members Guide

Download the Global M&A Members Guide for contact details on each individual member around the world.

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15 February 2004

Global M&A Cross Border Review

09 February 2004

Global M&A Closes Cross-border Divestment of Ingersoll Germany

Global M&A members, Brown Gibbons Lang & Co (BGL), based in Cleveland and Chicago, and InterFinanz, based in Dusseldorf, have successfully completed the US$79m sale of Ingersoll Maschinen und Werkzeuge (Ingersoll Germany). Global M&A members,

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25 January 2004

GM&A Sponsors Financier Worldwide M&A Supplement

01 January 2004

Global M&A Firm Named US Middle Market Deal Makers of 2003

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL), the lead member of Global M&A in the United States, has been named 2003 US Middle Market Deal Makers of the Year at the Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor Awards

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11 December 2003

Cross-border M&A Activity Down But Not Out

A major new review of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’) activity commissioned by Global M&A, the world’s leading network of investment banking boutiques, has illustrated the dramatic reduction in deal activity since 2000.

The

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11 November 2003

Italian Job as Global M&A elects new Chairman

Carlo Montenovesi, a senior partner of Cross Border, one of Italy’s leading investment banking boutiques, has been elected Chairman of Global M&A at the network’s half yearly meeting held between 9 and 11 October.

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07 November 2003

Global M&A Member BLG & Co Nominated as US Investment Bank of 2003

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (‘BGL’), the lead member of Global M&A in the United States, has been named as one of three finalists for two Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor Awards: U.S. Middle Market Investment

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